Comments on: The ‘Best’ Healthcare In The World (Or, “At Those Prices, It Should Be!”)

By: LaVonne Neff

LaVonne Neff — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 21:51:30 +0000

According to the CDC (//www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db23.htm), “the U.S. infant mortality rate was still higher than for most European countries when births at less than 22 weeks of gestation were excluded.” In 2004, excluding births before 22 weeks lowered the US rate from 6.8/1000 to 5.8. Cf the rate in the countries mentioned above: France, 3.9; Czech Republic, 3.7; Northern Ireland, 4.0; Ireland, 4.6; Netherlands, 4.6; Poland, 6.8. We still have a long way to go – and there’s no getting around our dismal maternal mortality figures either. In 2010, our rate was #50 in the world.

By: Adam Shields

Adam Shields — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 16:31:40 +0000

By: Rachel Marie Stone

Rachel Marie Stone — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 16:29:39 +0000

You are NOT an idiot! Don’t say that about my friend Adam Shields. ;)

By: Adam Shields

Adam Shields — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 16:28:28 +0000

Man I am an idiot. Pointing you to the article that started off the whole blog post. Sorry about that.

By: Adam Shields

Adam Shields — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 16:21:30 +0000

Thought you might find this article from the New York Times about having a baby without Health Insurance in the US interesting. //www.nytimes.com/2013/07/01/health/american-way-of-birth-costliest-in-the-world.html